[caption id="attachment_31225" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Junior goal keeper Diego Rostrepo has anchored the Cavalier defense, which ranks ninth in the nation in goals against average.
Hoping to turn its season around after a two-loss weekend, the Virginia women's volleyball team travels this weekend to College Park, Md.
Facing Duke on the road last night, Virginia ended a four-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory against the Blue Devils.
[caption id="attachment_31183" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sophomore Lindsey Hardenbergh, pictured, and freshman Erin Vierra won the doubles at the Kentucky Invitational, which concluded Oct.
Be glad you attend the "Harvard of the South," Wahoos. It's already snowing in Boston. And I'm not talking about a light snow.
At one of last fall's football games, the Virginia women's rowing team was honored at halftime. The Cavaliers had just won their ninth consecutive ACC Championship and placed fifth at the NCAA Championships, finishing in the top five for the eighth time in 11 years at the NCAAs. I was covering the football team for The Cavalier Daily at the time.
[caption id="attachment_31136" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Freshman forward Will Bates scored the opening goal against Howard in the 16th minute and added an assist to sophomore midfielder Tony Tchani in the 55th minute.
[caption id="attachment_31134" align="alignleft" width="199" caption="Sophomore kicker Robert Randolph leads Virginia with 33 points and has converted all nine of his field goal attempts this season, including two last week against Maryland.
If you follow Virginia football somewhat closely, chances are you've heard of "Grohtober" and are familiar with its meaning.
In a recap column titled "Next man up" that ran Monday, Andrew Seidman succeeded in telling you what the Virginia-Maryland football game at College Park, Md.
[caption id="attachment_31096" align="alignleft" width="192" caption="Senior Neil Barlow leads the Cavaliers with 10 points this season, having notched four goals and two assists.
[caption id="attachment_31093" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Christine Olson, one of 21 freshmen on Virginia's roster, swept the breastroke events in the Cavaliers' season opener against Florida.
What is an NFL coach to tell his players when they lose a game 59-0? "Well, at least they didn't score 60," is one way of looking at it.
After an unfulfilling run at the ITA All-American Championships last week in Tulsa, Okla., the Virginia men's tennis team hopes for a better showing as it prepares to take the court at the ITA Atlantic Regional this weekend at Old Dominion University in Virginia Beach. When Virginia left Charlottesville for Tulsa last week, the Cavaliers held high hopes of capturing their first-ever ITA All-American title.
[caption id="attachment_31076" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Starting in place of injured running back Mikell Simpson, senior Rashawn Jackson ran for 90 yards and a touchdown in Virginia's third straight victory.
[caption id="attachment_31070" align="alignleft" width="234" caption="Sophomore midfielder Paige Selenski scored the Cavaliers' lone goal in their 2-1 overtime loss to North Carolina.
[caption id="attachment_31068" align="alignleft" width="283" caption="Fullback Rashawn Jackson (31) ran for a two-yard touchdown with 1:43 remaining in Saturday's game at Maryland to give Virginia a 20-9 victory.
[caption id="attachment_31066" align="alignleft" width="242" caption="Emil Heinking raises his hand in a number one sign after crossing the finish line first at the Panorama Farms' Invitational Friday.
The Virginia volleyball team rounded out another weekend of conference play with two losses to Clemson Friday night and Georgia Tech Saturday. Perhaps a rash of injuries that held back three of the team's most important players can partially explain Virginia's (7-13, 2-7 ACC) latest losses. "We already had two girls who we knew weren't going to be playing in the beginning, and then Lauren [Dickson]'s injury happened on Tuesday," sophomore middle hitter Tess Udall said. Practicing with a new lineup less than a week before the weekend proved difficult for the Cavaliers.
